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This is Nora P.
A singer/songwriter, actress, ukulele songstress and funny gal based in Brooklyn, NY. She originally hails from the DC area, but does NOT hail the Washington football team. (Love those Nats, though!) Since moving to NYC, she’s been taken in with nothing but inspiration and wonder by all the talent around her while also performing alongside the best of them. You might’ve seen her at Joe’s Pub, The Bell House, Rockwood, The Duplex, Club Cumming, Union Hall, Pianos, West End Lounge, or somewhere else random.
Nora is a huge fan of adding a little love and light to the world around her. Always seeking new ways to make people laugh and making new friends in cool places, she’s been told by many “I wish I could keep you in my pocket!”
Nora finds her truest, most authentic self once she gets on stage and takes ahold of a microphone. Whether her audience is a packed room, or just her imaginary friends she’s made when she’s been home alone for too long, you can always count on Nora to light up a room.
Keep scrolling to see what the people have to say about Palka!
>> Nora is also a voice teacher. << click here for info on lessons
Here are some nice things people have to say about Nora:
"Let's get one thing straight... (uhhh... we mean clear,) right off the bat my darlings: Nora Palka is funny. She can't help it. She was probably born funny...you find out another thing about Nora: she's trained. That belt-y mezzo-y soprano-y, loud (but still lyrical) vocal thingy in her throat has been trained to make notes that are like bright light; they don't weigh a thing, but they sure do fill the room... in a big, brassy, trumpet-like way that soars without overpowering your ears, with phrasing and intonation that carry you from first note to last. That's training for you." (It’s Casual with Nora P. at Duplex)
—BroadwayWorld
“The golden-voiced Palka — the production’s chief asset — packs personality into Flora” (ON AIR at Creative Cauldron)
—The Washington Post
“Nora Palka is a human magnet of warmth, love, and support appearing as Flora Conrad, wife and radio development partner of Frank Conrad. Playing Flora as a tolerant wife, Palka gives the audience the opportunity and approval to put aside any real annoyance with her driven husband Frank Conrad. If Palka as Flora can forgive and steadfastly love her husband with his frequent late nights away working on the radio, then the audience can root for him too.” (ON AIR at Creative Cauldron)
— DC Metro Theatre Arts
“Palka injects a remarkable level of depth into her performance and is easily the evening’s standout. She gives Joan Baez’ 'The Last Thing on my Mind’ and Janis Joplin’s ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ tremendous feeling, but also channels the great storytelling ability of each artist. Her performance is a great homage to the folk and rock singers of the era.” (WOODSTOCK CABARET at Signature Theatre)
—BroadwayWorld
"Nora Palka does a lovely job of embodying all the contradictions in Little Red Riding Hood‘s character. Palka has great comic chops, particularly in her interactions with the Baker, the Baker’s Wife, and Jack. She also effectively draws out the sexual yearning and fear in her encounter with the Wolf (a delightfully sleazy Scott Gaines). Palka’s fresh approach to her character yields a Little Red who is vibrant and undaunted, a heroine for the 21st century" (INTO THE WOODS at NextStop Theatre)
—DC Metro Theatre Arts